September 12, 2019

Women of the Year: For NATIVE Project’s Toni Lodge, her work is about creating community.

Seconds into a conversation, Toni Lodge taps into humor. She’s a natural storyteller, too.
But other clues about Lodge soon surface, such as her tenacity and passion for community when talking about the past 30 years of her work in Spokane.
Lodge, 63, is CEO of the NATIVE Project on West Maxwell Avenue in the West Central neighborhood. The center offers integrated medical and behavioral health services, a dental clinic and pharmacy. But there’s more, such as its ongoing work for Native children